Nikah Halala

The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Sunday approved the draft Uniform Civil Code bill, paving the way for a common civil law that criminalises triple talaq and 'nikah halala', prohibits polygamy, and proposes three-month imprisonment if live-in relationships are not registered within a month. The bill will be introduced during the monsoon session of the assembly beginning Monday. It also proposes equal legal rights for children born to married parents, whether biological, adopted, or born through surrogacy or ART, equal inheritance rights to all children regardless of their marital status, while exempting Scheduled Tribes from the bill's scope. Under the proposed legislation, children born out of live-in relationships will be granted legal status, and if the male partner abandons the female partner, she can claim maintenance (alimony) through the competent court, just like a legal wife. It also mandates the registration of marriages and divorces for all faiths, barring tribal ...

Uttarakhand's UCC needed more thought

Upadhyay's plea said the injury caused to the women as practice of triple-talaq, polygamy and nikah-halala is violative of Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution and injurious to public order

The Supreme Court said that it will set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear pleas challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and 'nikah halala' practice among Muslims

Supreme Court agreed to form a constitution bench to conduct proceedings on pleas related to polygamy and nikah-halala

The book is an attempt 'to take the lid off this legalized form of prostitution, encouraged under the garb of faith by men of religion'

The apex court in July 2018 had considered the plea and it referred the matter to a Constitution bench that has been already asked to hear a batch of similar petitions.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission that the previous five-judge constitution bench